Bringing an eccentric and larger than life icon like James Brown to film can be a daunting task for even the most talented of…

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  A New York City police officer put a seven-months-pregnant woman in a chokehold after a dispute over illegal grilling in Brooklyn, NY. For more…

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Detroiters without running water have a special delivery coming from Canada, if it can get past the border guards. Eight cars loaded with 264 gallons…

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  An NYPD internal report prepared after Eric Garner’s death fails to mention the chokehold used to subdue him and states that Garner was not…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care law is enmeshed in another big legal battle after two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings on…

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. aka Common (or Common Sense if you’re an OG fan) has never been the type of MC you can place in a…

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Big Tobacco has turned to racial targeting to survive a downturn in sales. Reynolds American, the No. 2 U.S. tobacco producer announced a deal to…

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that the University of Texas can continue using race as a factor in undergraduate…

In the next installment of “My First Car” Compton MC YG reveals what he slid into once he had the money to get off of…

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury rejected a civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday filed by the father of an unarmed man who was shot and…

Marsha Ambrosius‘ second solo album, “Friends & Lovers,” drops July 15 and she can’t contain her excitement about it. In this exclusive interview with the singer, she…

Nick Cannon is back to make trouble with his crew of rappers and comedians in the all new season of “Wild’N Out.” The popular MTV…